Midea MAW08HV1KWT-A Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
Midea MAW08HV1KWT-A: running cost
The Midea MAW08HV1KWT-A is certified by ENERGY STAR at 397.4 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among room air conditioners currently certified.
That $75 is priced at 18.8¢/kWh, the average of all 51 state rates this site tracks. Your own state's rate is one click away.
Efficient, or not, for a room air conditioner
Against the category average of 603 kWh/yr, this model uses 34.1% less, ranking 59 of 447 room air conditioners tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 447 room air conditioners ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $39/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the Midea MAW08HV1KWT-A: HOUSE KOBO KOBOGJC08BU ($74/yr, 391.9 kWh/yr), then Midea MWAUQB-08HRFN8-BCN11 ($75/yr, 397.4 kWh/yr).
Comparing Midea's own models
Ranked 27 of Midea's 161 certified room air conditioners, this sits between the MWEUWA-05CRFN8-BCN4 ($49/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the MWCUWH-24CRFN8-MCM3 ($254/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
10 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $75/year, the Midea MAW08HV1KWT-A adds up to about $747 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified room air conditioners go, $75/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners before buying.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Midea MAW08HV1KWT-A ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a room air conditioner, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. The full Room Air Conditioner category page shows all 447 room air conditioners ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance.